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New Zealand vs West Indies Match Preview, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Recent Form, Head to Head and more
New Zealand take on West Indies in the sixth game of their World Cup campaign. Here is all you need to know going into this game
New Zealand will take on West Indies in the 29th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at Old Trafford, Manchester on 22nd June 2019. New Zealand are currently placed 2nd in the points tables with four wins from five games. The Kiwis have put up some brilliant performances throughout the tournament with the likes of Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor contributing regularly towards the team's cause. New Zealand go into this game as favorites, but they must also be wary of the fact that they went down to the same West Indies side in the warm-up games.
West Indies on the other hand, have faded away after their brilliant performance against Pakistan. They find themselves in the lower half of the points table with 3 points from 5 games. Some inconsistent batting and poor shot selection have caused their own downfall in what has been as disastrous campaign for the island nation. They have an outside chance for a semifinal berth if they win all their remaining games and expect few other results to go by their way.
Squads:
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (wk), James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Henry Nicholls, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi and Tom Blundell
West Indies: Jason Holder (c), Chris Gayle, Shai Hope, Evin Lewis, Nicholas Pooran, Shimron Hetmyer, Carlos Brathwaite, Ashley Nurse, Sheldon Cottrell, Shanon Gabriel, Oshane Thomas, Kemar Roach, Darren Bravo, Andre Russell and Fabian Allen
Recent form:
New Zealand: Won, No Result, Won, Won, Won
West Indies: Lost, Lost, No Result, Lost, Won
New Zealand vs West Indies: New Zealand have won 4 of their 5 previous encounters against West Indies.
Head to Head records:
In ODIs: Played-64, West Indies-30, New Zealand-27, No Result-7
Previous encounter: New Zealand beat West Indies by 66 runs at Christchurch on 26th Dec 2017.
In World Cups: Played-7, New Zealand-4, West Indies-3
Previous encounter: New Zealand beat West Indies by 143 runs in the quarterfinal of the 2015 World Cup at Wellington on 21st Mar 2015.
At this venue- Old Trafford, Manchester:
Highest total: 397 for 6 by England against Afghanistan on 18th Jun 2019.
Lowest total: 45 by Canada against England on 13th Jun 1979
Avg first innings score: 220
Avg second innings score: 194
